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File consists of correspondence, financial records, prose and a journal. Includes correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, and Winifred Mabel Pierce, including letters and a journal documenting her trip to Victoria and Vancouver in July and August 1901.

File consists of correspondence from Osborne J. Pierce to Caroline Little Pierce, and from C.E. Chapman to Osborne J. Pierce.

File consists of cards and pamphlets produced by organizations that the Pierce family was involved with, Annie Louise Taylor financial records and outgoing correspondence, and correspondence from Caroline Little Pierce to Winifred Mabel Pierce.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "May '08 O[sborne] J. P[ierce] and C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce] move from Catalina St. to Lexington at Swan"

File includes incoming correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor, Theodore Taylor and Kenneth Taylor, as well as outgoing correspondence of Winifred Mabel Pierce. Includes greeting cards and several post cards from the United States. File also contains financial records of Annie Louise Taylor, 1908-1909, newspaper and journal clippings, and a notebook.

File includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce and Annie Louise Taylor. Includes telegrams pertaining to Osborne J. Pierce's illness and death in January, and letters of condolence, including a telegram and letter from L.D. Taylor to Annie Louise. Includes postcards from New Mexico. File also includes a calendar book and some financial records.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "11 J[anua]r[y] '12 O[sborne] J. P[ierce] death."

File contains legal and financial documents and related correspondence pertaining to property in Los Angeles owned by Osborne J. and Caroline Little Pierce.

File consists of legal documents and correspondence concerning the disbursement of Osborne J. Pierce's estate following his death.

File consists of notes, a speech prepared for a meeting of The Young Mens Republican Club of the 11th Precinct, and several essays, titled "Essay on The Duties and The Legitimate Functions of A Government," "The Antagonism of The Classes," "Hard Times and Prosperity" and "A Conversion."

File consists of two letters of recommendation for Osborne J. Pierce, a collection of poetry and prose gathered by Osborne J. Pierce, titled "The Sea Waif, Vol. 1, No. 2," Twitchell family history notes, and a drawing of a woman with "My Mother, Sophonia Barker Twitchell" inscribed on the verso by Caroline Little Pierce.

File consists of business cards and four notebooks, including notebooks of the following titles: "1900-1901 Chicago, OJP," "N[o]v[ember] '02-J[un]e '03. L.A., Redlands and trips," and "1910 Lexington." Notebooks includes sketches and notes regarding work projects, a photograph, names and addresses, travel itineraries and journal entries.

File contains two letters to Osborne J. Pierce from architect Edward L. Angell.

File consists of Annie Louise Pierce (Taylor)'s certificate of graduation from Hayes School and her class photograph from that year.

File consists of incoming correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, a report card for Theodore Taylor and programs for dramatic events at Los Angeles High School.

File includes correspondence between Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, and Annie Louise Taylor, as well as other incoming correspondence to Caroline Little Pierce. File also contains a letter from L.D. Taylor in Vancouver to Caroline Little Pierce, dated January 29, 1899. Included also are Winifred Mabel Pierce's teaching certificate and a letter of appointment; invitations and responses for Annie Louise Pierce's marriage to L.D. Taylor; a pamphlet and a ribbon related to Osborne J. Pierce's role as Sergrant-at-Arms at the National Democratic Convention in 1892; material relating to the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1892 and World's Columbian Exposition in 1893; "Home Making" articles in "Saturday Evening Herald" in Chicago by Osborne J. Pierce; postcards; and sketches.
Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "4 J[anua]r[y] '92, W[inifred] M[abel] P[ierce] starts teaching; A[nnie] L[ouise] T[aylor] and L.D. T[aylor], 20 May '92; O[sborne] J. P[ierce]'s mother died 28 May '92 (age 94); 21 July '92 Nat[iona]l Democratic Convention - O[sborne] J. P[ierce] is Sergeant-at-Arms"

File includes correspondence of Winifred Mabel Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Osborne J. Pierce, Annie Louise Taylor, and L.D. Taylor, including several letters between L.D. Taylor and Osborne J. Pierce, and postcards from a trip that L.D. took to Winnipeg, Montreal and New York City. Included also are several postcards from California, Seattle, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Victoria and Vancouver, B.C.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "Pierces to Catalina St., L.A.; Summer '05 - WMP at Catalina St."

File includes correspondence between Osborne J. Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce's letters to her parents, and other incoming correspondence to Caroline Little Pierce. Also included are Osborne J. Pierce's cheque book and newspaper clippings.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "O[sborne] J. P[ierce] 44 Hamilton Ave[nue], Chicago, office 716 Medinah Building; Aug[ust '95 - C[aroline] L[ittle] P[ierce] to Maplewood NH and S. Boston"

File contains correspondence, legal and financial records, notes, two photographs, and a pamphlet. Includes L.D. Taylor correspondence to Osborne J. Pierce and to and from Annie Louise Taylor relating to L.D.'s legal issues with the North & Taylor Bank and his move from Chicago to Canada. Also included is other incoming correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor and incoming and outgoing correspondence of Caroline Little Pierce, including a letter from lawyer C.E. Chapman pertaining to L.D. Taylor. Legal records pertain to L.D. Taylor.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "Aug[ust] '96 - L.D. T[aylor] west; 5 Sep[tember] '96 - Ted T[aylor]"

File consists of correspondence of Annie Louise Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred M. Pierce and Theodore Taylor, including postcards, business cards and a receipt of Osborne J. Pierce, a summer travel journal of Winifred M. Pierce, newspapers clippings and a photograph.

File includes incoming correspondence of Osborne J. Pierce, correspondence from Winifred Mabel Pierce to Caroline Little Pierce, and correspondence from Theodore Taylor to Kenneth Taylor and Winifred Mabel Pierce. Includes postcards from the United States and greeting cards. File also includes two photographs, a membership card for Theodore, and financial records of Annie Louise Taylor.

Original file folder was inscribed with the following notes by Ted Taylor: "J[une] - Catalina Island"

File includes correspondence between Winifred Mabel Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce, correspondence to Annie Louise Taylor from Winifred Mabel Pierce and Kate Cooley, and a booklet for The Exodus Society listing Winifred as a member.

File consists of photographs of the Pierce and Taylor families arranged into an album. Individuals appearing in photographs include Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Kenneth Osborn Taylor, and Mary Louise Taylor. Places photographed include Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Washington; Grouse Mountain, British Columbia; and River Forest, Illinois. Some of the photographs were taken by Osborne J. Pierce.

File consists of Osborne J. Pierce's certificates of appointment to Corporal in Company G of the 24th Regiment of Maine Militia, September 10, 1862, and to Sergeant Major of the 24th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, April 13, 1863, as well as an outline of his Civil War Service, an autobiographical prose piece titled "Twenty Five Years Ago! By a Veteran Soldier," and a poem titled "A Soldiers Return," all authored by Pierce.

File consists of government documents and a newspaper clipping pertaining to Caroline Little Pierce's right to a pension as a result of Osborne J. Pierce's service in the American Civil War.

File includes four drawings by Osborne J. Pierce of his house at 5301 Lexington Avenue

File contains twenty-five drawings and related notes by Osborne J. Pierce.

File contains a piece of prose by Osborne J. Pierce titled "Recollection of my Artistic and Mechanical Growth"

File consists of a small essay written by Osborne J. Pierce titled "Should the Majority Rule?" and some accompanying political history notes made by Ted Taylor while trying to date the essay.

File includes various short stories, notes, outlines and other writings, mostly of an autobiographical nature, filed loosely in a portfolio folder.

File consists of a letter and statement relating to Osborne J. Pierce's payment for a project, a receipt of payment for his license fee to the State Board of Architecture for the Southern District of California and two unrelated photographs.

Item is a record book with correspondence indexed alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically by date of receipt. Correspondence is both of a business and a personal nature.

File consists of an album of forty-eight cyanotype and two silver gelatin scenic photographs taken by Osborne J. Pierce in Albion, Harrison, Gilead, Bethel, Winslow, and Kennebunkport, Maine; Gorham, New Hampshire; Nantasket Beach, Roxbury, and Boston, Massachussetts; Niagara Falls; and Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. Includes photographs of the Pierce family homestead in Albion, Maine.

Sousfonds consists of records of the Osborne J. Pierce family, most notably records of Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Annie Louise (Pierce) Taylor, and, to a lesser extent, those of L.D. Taylor, Theodore Pierce Taylor, and Kenneth Osborn Taylor. The sousfonds includes correspondence, diaries, journals, photographs, and financial and investment records relating to members of the Pierce family. Also included are records of Osborne J. Pierce relating to his business affairs as an architect and a drawing instructor and his military service during the American Civil War, as well as various autobiographical, prose and poetic writings by Osborne. The sousfonds also contains records relating to Winifred s career as a schoolteacher, and records concerning Annie s education, her marriage to L.D. Taylor, and the time that she spent living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Among the correspondence there are several letters to and from L.D. dating from the time that he left Chicago and came to Vancouver, British Columbia, through his ownership and loss of the World newspaper, 1905 to 1915, and during his first three terms as Mayor of Vancouver in 1910, 1911 and 1915.

Record types include correspondence; photographs and photograph albums; bank statements, receipts, invoices, cheque books and accounting records; journals, diaries, notebooks and record books; legal documents and agreements; architectural plans and drawings; certificates and a patent; written poetry and prose, including essays, short stories, speeches, notes and outlines; books, newsletters, and reports; advertisements, an editorial cartoon, and newspaper and journal clippings; postcards; pamphlets, programs, invitations, and other ephemera; business cards and membership cards; as well as report cards and school assignments.

Sousfonds has been arranged into 14 records series: Family letter files (1862-1925); Family photographs ([ca. 1858]-[ca. 1928]; Osborne J. Pierce autobiographical and other writings ([189-?]-[ca. 1905]; Osborne J. Pierce American Civil War records (1862-1865, 1890); Osborne J. Pierce correspondence (1890-1893, 1904); Osborne J. Pierce business records (1858-[1908]); Osborne J. Pierce architectural drawings and plans (1875-[1893]); Osborne J. Pierce and Caroline Little Pierce real estate, investment and other financial records (1891-1941); Osborne J. Pierce photographs (1890-1891, 1900); Annie Louise Taylor educational records (1883); Annie Louise Taylor correspondence ([188-?]-1917); Annie Louise Taylor financial records (1902-1925); Annie Louise Taylor photograph albums (1896-[1906]; and Winifred Mabel Pierce journal (1910-1914)

Series consists of correspondence relating to Annie Louise Taylor's divorce from L.D. Taylor, including correspondence with L.D., addresses, and a birthday book.

Series consists of various writings by Osborne J. Pierce, including autobiographical prose works, essays, short stories, speeches, notes and outlines.

Series consists of records relating to Osborne J. Pierce's career as an architect and his position as a Superintendent of Drawing for the City of Chicago Department of Public Instruction. Records include correspondence, letters of recommendation, account books, notebooks and journals, a patent, a report, certificates, a book, a directory, business cards and advertisements.
Additional material intermingled with these records includes poetry and prose by Osborne J. Pierce, including autobiographical prose, family history notes, photographs, watercolours and drawings.

Series consists of an indexed record book of business and personal correspondence, and letters from architect Edward L. Angell.

Series consists of photographs taken by Osborne J. Pierce. Includes some self-portraits and a photograph album containing scenic cyanotype and silver gelatin photographs taken in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls and Chicago, Illinois. Includes photographs of the Pierce family homestead in Albion, Maine.

Series consists of a journal kept by Winifred Mabel Pierce detailing her daily activites and, to a lesser extent, the activities of Annie Louise, Kenneth and Theodore Taylor, and Caroline Little Pierce.

Series consists of a certificate of graduation and a photograph relating to Annie Louise Taylor's attendance of Chicago Public School in 1883.

Series consists of banking and investment records of Annie Louise Taylor. Includes account books, banking receipts, invoices, notes, lists, statements and correspondence. Also included in the files are miscellaneous notes and lists, a form regarding Annie Louise Taylor's health concerns, and an editorial cartoon concerning L.D. Taylor.

Series consists of two photograph albums assembled by Annie Louise Taylor. Includes baby and childhood photographs of Theodore Pierce and Kenneth Osborn Taylor, Taylor family group photographs, individual photographs of Annie and L.D. Taylor and Caroline Little Pierce, and interior and exterior photographs of the Taylor's Fairview home.

Series consists of family correspondence and other records arranged chronologically into files by Ted Taylor. Records creators are Annie Louise Taylor, L.D. Taylor, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce, Winifred Mabel Pierce, Theodore Pierce Taylor and Kenneth Osborn Taylor. Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of L.D. Taylor, relating to his marriage to Annie, his legal troubles in Chicago, his life in Vancouver, B.C., his ownership of the World newspaper and his activities as Mayor. Letters from Annie Taylor to her family between 1899 and 1906 document the Taylors' activities in Vancouver, and Annie s impressions of the city. Correspondence also includes letters from L.D.'s sister Kate Cooley to Annie Louise and Theodore Taylor. In addition to correspondence, the files in this series contain photographs, financial records, including receipts, invoices, cheque books and accounting records, journals and notebooks of Osborne J. Pierce and Winifred Mabel Pierce, legal documents, certificates, drawings, written prose and poetry, notes, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, postcards, newspaper and journal clippings, report cards, school assignments, business cards, invitations and membership cards.

Series consists of studio portrait and casual photographs of, or taken by, the Pierce and Taylor families, including an album and many loose photographs. Individuals appearing in the photographs include members of the Twitchell family, Osborne J. Pierce, Caroline Little Pierce (Twitchell), Annie Louise Taylor (Pierce), Winifred Mabel Pierce, L.D. Taylor, Theodore Pierce Taylor, Kenneth Osborn Taylor, Mary Louise Taylor and Ruth Wing. Places photographed include Point Defiance Park, Tacoma Washington; Grouse Mountain, British Columbia; River Forest, Illinois; Sawtelle, California; and an architectural firm, possibly in Redlands, California. Some of the photographs were taken by Osborne J. Pierce.

Series consists of a diary (1862-1863), two certificates of appointment, a photograph and autobiographical writings relating to Osborne J. Pierce's experiences as a member of Company G of the 24th Regiment of the Maine Militia, the 24th Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and the 7th Maine Battery during the American Civil War.